List of memorial plaques and memorial stones in Vienna / Wieden

This list of commemorative plaques and memorial stones in Vienna / Wieden contains the commemorative plaques in the public space of Vienna's 4th district of Wieden . The main basis of this list is "Wien Kulturgut" (the digital cultural city map of the City of Vienna ).

In addition to the wall-bound memorial plaques, the memorial stones classified as monuments by the City of Vienna are also listed. Other monuments and works of art in public space can be found under List of works of art in public space in Vienna / Wieden .

Memorial stones are given in the list of memorial stones in Vienna-Wieden .

Memorial plaques and memorial stones

photo		inscription	Surname	Type	Location	description
		In this house, the painter Herbert Boeckl of 1928 - 1964 his studio Boeckl Donated by the Academy of Fine Arts 100th birthday June 3, 1994 3rd Birthday June 1994	Herbert Boeckl - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Argentinierstrasse 42 location	Stone tablet (1994)
		Birthplace of the sculptor Sir Josef Edgar Böhm b. 4th July 1834	Sir Josef Edgar Böhm - memorial plaque ID: 95160 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Wiedner Hauptstrasse 60 location	Stone tablet
		At this point stood the house in which Johannes Brahms lived from January 1, 1872 and died on April 3, 1897 .	Johannes Brahms - memorial plaque ID: 94668 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Karlsgasse 2 location	Stone tablet (1922)
		In memory of Ignaz Brüll teacher, sound poet u. 100th birthday pianist . Dedicated by the Horak Conservatory . November 7, 1946.	Ignaz Brüll - memorial plaque ID: 94727 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Heumühlgasse 4 location	Stone tablet (1946)
		The writer Prof. Hermine Cloeter lived here from August 22nd, 1918 to April 6th, 1963	Hermine Cloeter - memorial plaque ID: 94728	Plaque	Schaumburgergasse 6 location	Stone tablet
		Georgi Dimitrov, the great son of the Bulgarian people, lived in this house from 1924 to 1926 .	Georgi Dimitroff - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	St.-Elisabeth-Platz 6 location	R. Schwaiger , stone tablet with portrait relief
		CW Drescher 1850-1925 Vienna's most outstanding salon music director lived a. died in this house dedicated to society. to elevate and promote Viennese folk art	Carl Wilhelm Drescher - Memorial plaque ID: 94729 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Schönbrunner Strasse 2 location	C. Philipp , bronze plaque with portrait relief (1926)
		The Czech master Antonín Dvořák lived here repeatedly from 1841 to 1904, world citizen of music	Antonín Dvořák - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Wiedner Hauptstrasse 7 location	Stone tablet
		The great Romanian musician George Enescu lived in this house from 1881-1955 during his studies at the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music	George Enescu - memorial plaque ID: 94732 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Frankenberggasse 6 location	Granite tablet with a bronze portrait relief
		House where the Tyrolean academy died. Sculptor Franz Christoph Erler b. on October 5, 1829 in Kitzbühel died on January 6, 1911 in Vienna In his almost sixty years of activity , he created countless works for St. Stephen's Cathedral , the new Vienna City Hall and for many churches and public buildings in Austria-Hungary. At the age of eighty he created his last work, the national defense monument for Kitzbühel. Dedicated by the Tirolerbund in Vienna to the city of Kitzbühel and his grateful son Rudolf.	Franz Christoph Erler - Memorial plaque ID: 94733	Plaque	Argentinierstrasse 54 location	Stone tablet
		Jakob Eschenbacher lived near here. In 1809 he buried two cannons in his garden. Of the three, one became a traitor - he died on June 26, 1809.	Jakob Eschenbacher - Memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Favoritenstrasse 47 location	Franz Barwig the Younger , stone tablet with relief
		In 1843 Josef von Ettenreich renovated this house "zum grau Adler" . He saved Emperor Franz Joseph from the attack in 1853	Josef Ettenreich - memorial plaque ID: 94734 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Margaretenstrasse 9 location	Stone tablet with a relief of two eagle figures
		The architect and cultural theorist Josef Frank lived in this house from 1913 to 1934. 1885 - 1967 On his 120th birthday on July 15, 2005, the Austrian Society for Architecture	Josef Frank - Memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Wiedner Hauptstrasse 64 location	Stone tablet (2005)
		Honorary Choirmaster Prof. Carl Führich 1865 1959 The sound poet Professor Carl Führich lived and worked here, dedicated to his Honorary Choirmaster by the Choral Society of Austrian Railway Officials in Vienna	Carl Führich - Memorial plaque ID: 94736	Plaque	Schäffergasse 2 location	Stone tablet with a bronze portrait relief
		In this house lived the great crime writer Friedrich Glauser (1896 - 1938) group of authors of German-language crime literature syndikat	Friedrich Glauser - Memorial plaque	Plaque	Schelleingasse 23 location	Stone tablet depicting a fingerprint
		Gluck's house	Christoph Willibald Gluck - Memorial plaque ID: 94737	Plaque	Wiedner Hauptstrasse 32 location	Stone tablet, in addition a memorial plaque in the house, which addresses the revitalization of the house by the Austrian Red Cross . (1991)
		IGNAZ JAKOB HEGER, Der Gabelsberger'schen Stenographie Apostle in Austria, died in this house on May 11, 1854	Ignaz Jakob Heger - memorial plaque ID: 94738 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Schaumburgergasse 4 location	Stone tablet
		In honor of Hans Georg Heintschel-Heinegg who was beheaded on December 5, 1944 in Vienna as a leading member of the Austrian freedom movement . As a reminder and as a warning	Hanns Georg Heintschel-Heinegg - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Wohllebengasse 7 location	Stone tablet
		The great folk actor FRITZ IMHOFF lived in this house from 1945-1961 Born on January 6, 1891 in Vienna Died on February 24, 1961 in Vienna Dedicated to the Wieden Museum Association	Fritz Imhoff - Memorial plaque ID: 94739 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Wiedner Hauptstrasse 17 location	Stone tablet
		Professor Rudolf JETTEL Philharmonic, composer and teacher lived here from 1945–1981	Rudolf Jettel - memorial plaque	Plaque	Apfelgasse 3 location	Stone tablet
		The world-famous composer Emmerich Kálmán lived and worked in this house from 1912-1923. This is where his most famous operettas “An Autumn Maneuver ” - “ Csardafürstin ” - “ Gypsy Primate ” were written	Emmerich Kálmán - memorial plaque ID: 94740 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Paulanergasse 12 location	Walter Karner, round plate onyx with attached brass plaque, illustration of Kálmán and a violin (1983)
		In this house Rudolf Kassner spent 1921–1945 crucial years of his work as a poet and thinker	Rudolf Kassner - memorial plaque ID: 94741	Plaque	Tilgnerstrasse 3 location	Stone tablet (1963)
		Dr. Alois kieslinger Dedicated to the great geologist and passionate promoter of Austrian natural stone and stonemasonry by the federal guild of master stonemasons 1900 - 1975	Alois Kieslinger - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Karlsplatz 13 location	Stone tablet with portrait relief
		RICHARD KNOLLER Creator of the wind tunnel design with free jet under atmospheric pressure 1909 - 1926	Richard Knoller - memorial plaque	Plaque	Karlsplatz 13 location	Stone tablet with a metal portrait relief
		The writer KARL KRAUS lived in this house from February 1912 to June 12, 1936, the day of his death. Dedicated by his friends	Karl Kraus - memorial plaque ID: 94853 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Lothringerstraße 6 location	Stone tablet
		The great Austrian musician Clemens Krauss was born on March 31, 1893 born in this home of the Museum Association	Clemens Krauss - Memorial plaque ID: 94742 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Belvederegasse 7 location	Stephan Kamenyeczky , panel made of Herschenberg granite (1987)
		The sound poet Albert Lortzing lived in this house from 1846 to 1848	Albert Lortzing - memorial plaque ID: 94743 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Fleischmanngasse 1 location	Stone tablet in connection with a relief on the corner of the house depicting the " armorer "
		In this building of the technical university , Vienna's great mayor Dr. Karl Lueger, the son of an overseer at the technological cabinet, was born in Vienna in October 1944	Karl Lueger - memorial plaque ID: 94744 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Karlsplatz 13 location	Stone tablet, superimposed on plexiglass with additional text since 2016 (1944)
		Rosa Mayreder, champion of the women's movement, social philosopher and writer (1858 - 1938) Kulturverein Wieden, lived and died in this house	Rosa Mayreder - memorial plaque ID: 94745	Plaque	Schönburgstrasse 15 location	Stone tablet (1991)
		On the occasion of the visit of the President of the Republic of Argentina DR. CARLOS SAUL MENEM on October 18, 1994 in Austria. First state visit of a President of Argentina to Austria in the course of 130 years of relations between the two countries. The Embassy of the Republic of Argentina in Vienna	Carlos Saul Menem - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Argentinierstrasse 1–3 location	Stone tablet
		Father Joseph Misson, the creator of the incomparable dialect epic “Da Naz”, died in this house on June 28, 1875 .	Joseph Misson - plaque ID: 94746	Plaque	Wiedner Hauptstrasse 82 location	Stone tablet
		The writer Erika Mitterer lived and wrote in this house from 1978-1991. March 30, 1906 - October 14, 2001 The well-known poet created in 1940 with the novel "Der Fürst der Welt" a much noticed document disguised criticism of the Nazi regime	Erika Mitterer - memorial plaque ID: 94747 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Rainergasse 3 location	Stone tablet (2005)
		The writer Soma Morgenstern 1890 - 1976 Austrian Society for Literature 2016 lived in this house from 1934 to March 1938	Soma Morgenstern - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Belvederegasse 10 location	Stone tablet (2016)
		Dedicated to the memory of Joh. Phil. Neumann 1774-1849 Professor at the Polytechnic Institute to the poet of the German Mass by Franz Schubert by the Technical University and the Schubert League in Vienna	Johann Philipp Neumann - Memorial plaque ID: 94748 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Karlsplatz 10, Karlskirche location	Stone tablet
		Joseph Maximilian Graf von Tenczyn Ossoliński 1748 - 1826 Meritorious Prefect of the Vienna Court Library Founder of the Ossolineum in Lemberg 1817 lived at this address from 1798 to 1826 Ossolineum in Wrocław Polish Embassy in Vienna Polish Academy of Sciences Polonia 2015	Joseph Maximilian Ossolinski - memorial plaque ID: 94749	Plaque	Mayerhofgasse 8 location	Stone tablet with a bronze portrait relief (2015)
		Bernhard Paumgartner's birthplace 1887 - 1971 conductor, composer, music researcher Director of the Mozarteum in Salzburg 1917 - 1938 1947 - 1959 President of the Salzburg Festival 1960 - 1971	Bernhard Paumgartner - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Frankenberggasse 7 location	Stone tablet
		General Jose de San Martin 1850 1950 17th VIII. Dedicated to the Republic of Argentina Die österr.-südam. Ges. The great liberator of his fatherland and the example of half the continent of selflessness on the centenary of his death Homenaje a la Republica Argentina la sociedad austro-sudamericana al gran libertador de su patria y medio continente por su ejemplarizadora entsegacion en el centenario de su muerte	José de San Martín - Memorial plaque ID: 94436	Plaque	Argentinierstrasse 34 location	Stone slab with bronze portrait relief (1950)
		The important philosopher and university professor Moritz Schlick (1882-1936) Kulturverein Wieden lived in this house from 1922 to 1936	Moritz Schlick - Memorial plaque ID: 94750 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Prinz-Eugen-Straße 68 location	Granite slab (1991)
		The composer Franz Schubert died in this house on November 19 , 1828 .	Franz Schubert - memorial plaque ID: 94760 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Kettenbrückengasse 6 location	Stone tablet
		The sound poet Jean Sibelius of the Finnish people lived here from 1890-1891, great son Vienna Philharmonic Vienna Tourist Association 1951 Vienna is a place entirely to my taste. Everything is so friendly and big, bright and clear. This air drives me crazy. Waltzes are buzzing around in my head, and they are all like Schubert's. Sibelius, October 1890 Vienna Philharmonic 2004	Jean Sibelius - plaque ID: 94761 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Waaggasse 1 location	Oskar Thiede , Two stone tablets, one with a metal portrait relief (1951 and 2004)
		Josef Stiny 1880–1958 professor of geology	Josef Stiny - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Karlsplatz 13 location	E. Pieler, stone tablet with metal portrait relief (1970)
		Dr. Richard Stöhr music theorist lived in this place from 1911 to 1939	Richard Stöhr - memorial plaque ID: 101775 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Karolinengasse 14 location	Stone tablet (2002)
		At this point stood the house in which the waltz king Johann Strauss (son) lived and worked from 1878. He died here on June 3, 1899	Johann Strauss Sohn - memorial plaque ID: 94762 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Johann-Strauss-Gasse 4–6 location	Stone tablet
		Before their worldwide success as musicians , the brothers Johann and Josef strauss studied at the kk Polytechnic Institute	Johann and Josef Strauss - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Karlsplatz 12 location	Stone tablet
		Palais built between 1906 and 1909 for Oskar Mayer von Gunthof Richard Strauss lived in this house between 1919 and 1925	Richard Strauss - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Mozartgasse 4 location	Metal plaque
		Karol Szymanowski 1882 - 1937 The most important Polish composer of the 20th century lived in this house from 1911 to 1913. Vienna, March 1987 Austrian-Polish Society. Karol Szymanowski Society - Zakopane Poland. Society of Friends of Vienna.	Karol Szymanowski - memorial plaque ID: 94783 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Argentinierstrasse 4–6 location	Metal panel with portrait relief (1987)
		Mayor Hanns von Thaw 1528 - 1605 owned a Weingart farmstead here Has aedes bombis perculsas restituterunt Oscar et Mietta Stracker MCMXLV - MCMLVII Architectus Fritz Purr Murator Franz Hess	Hanns von Thaw - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Waaggasse 2 location	Stone relief tablet with inscription
		Dr. Franz von Toula 1845 - 1920 Professor of Mineralogy and Geology 1881 - 1917	Franz von Toula - memorial plaque viennatouristguide	Plaque	Karlsplatz 13 location	Stone tablet with portrait relief
		Until 1789, this was the location of the citizen hospital or poor sinner Antonio Vivaldi born on March 4, 1678 in Venice was buried here on July 28, 1741 Dedicated to the 300th birthday by the Creditanstalt-Bankverein	Antonio Vivaldi - Memorial plaque ID: 94731 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Karlsplatz 12 location	Stone tablet (1978)
		Hugo Wolf lived and created in this house from 1896-1897 "Today I am named in praise and criticism, and everyone knows that I am there." Erected in 1925 by the Vienna Oratorio Association	Hugo Wolf - memorial plaque ID: 94730 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Schwindgasse 3 location	Stone tablet with a bronze portrait relief (1925)
		On May 30, 1846, Emperor Ferdinand I designated the kkpolytechnisches Institut in Vienna as the temporary seat of the K. Academy of Sciences to be founded, which was housed in this building from June 27, 1847 to October 28, 1857	Academy - plaque	Plaque	Karlsplatz 13 location	Stone tablet set into the wall
		The legend tells: In 1660 the owner of the mill was attacked by a bear and saved by a servant who jumped through the window of the mill . The mill was in operation until 1856. This house was built in 1937.	Bear mill - memorial plaque ID: 96595	Plaque	Operngasse 18 location	Sandstone tablet with a relief of the legend motif
		Schubertlinde 1928 Wiener Schubertbund 1997	Schubertlinde - memorial stone	Memorial stone	Karlsplatz location	Stone block with inscription (1997)

Former memorial plaques

photo		inscription	Surname	Type	Location	description
		Arthur Fleischmann (1896-1990) The international sculptor Arthur Fleischmann KGSG FRBS MD (1896-1990) lived and worked in this house between 1934 and 1938. He is considered to be pioneering in the use of acrylic in sculpture. The international sculptor Arthur Fleschmann KGSG FRBS MD (1896-1990) lived and worked in this house between 1934 and 1938. He pioneered the use of acrylic as a sculptural medium. With the kind support of With the support of Henkel Central Eastern Europe	Arthur Fleischmann - Memorial plaque ID: 94735 viennatouristguide	Plaque	Favoritenstrasse 12 location	Metal plate with relief; is no longer available today (as of July 2018). (2004)

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